Cuito - At least 226 countryside schools were created in 2017, in the province of Bié, by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), for the training of peasants.

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Bié: Figueiredo Lourenço - FAO Coordinator

Photo: AURÉLIO SEGUNDA MOURINHO

Field schools are essentially comprised of peasants assigned to the "MOSAP II" project with the intention of increasing production levels, the provincial coordinator of the Fao in Bié, Figueiredo Lourenço, told Angop when assessing the activities carried out by the institution in 2017.

At present, the project benefits peasants from 29 communes in the municipalities of Chinguar, Andulo, Camacupa and Catabola, Cuito, Chitembo and Nharea, with the exception of Cuemba and Cunhinga.

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